Thorpe, Percy Herbert, Wireman 2nd Class, M.17890, HMS Milne, Royal Navy
Died 8th September 1916
Aged 21Son of Joseph Thorpe, of Spring Vale, Ambergate, and the late Mrs Thorpe
Buried in Belper Cemetery, Grave Reference: 8367 (C)
Percy is also commemorated on the Midland Railway Memorial; he worked as an Attendant at the Power Station in the Chief Mechanical Engineering Department at Derby Station
1911 Census
Born Heage, Derbyshire
A railway electric engine cleaner
Son of Joseph, a railway signalman, and stepson of Sarah Ann Thorpe, of West View, Ambergate, Derbyshire
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Grave of Percy Herbert Thorpe, Belper Cemetery

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